Michel Saloff-Coste Abstract Art Analysis

In the third section Ms. Donna Wood looks like an African goddess and her body has an unexpected gracefulness. Even stage color was bright reddish, warm atmosphere around the dancer, like a sunrise in the morning. Stage would fill with colors. Music and performer are singing together. A sound of music tempo gets faster. She has the happiest face ever, no pain and no slavery. She jumps, she swings her leg and arms, and even she pulls her dress up and shows her leg an entire dance. Sound and lightening create the environment and good mood. She uses high level of dance than in previous two sections. She moves in between melody. I liked how she uses

In the contemplation of art, or rather the conceptually intangible definition it currently possess, it is imperative to be mindful that “art” has been utilized as a promotional device, ceremonial item, aesthetically purposed article or perhaps none of these or all. It is because of this vague term that Carolyn Dean, in her text, “The Trouble with (The Term) Art”, makes a case for the consequences of applying the term “art” in societies that lacked such a notion which also accounts for the Western-centric lens the field intrinsically utilizes when viewing non-Western art. The claim is deftly supported by the utilization of expert accounts in the subject, alternative perspectives for what is considered the current norm, and self-examining questions,

The first movement began with a very strong texture as the music reflected a very powerful theme. It began with the heavy instrumentation from the strings including cellos, violins, and basses. The tempo was also relatively fast and generally upbeat. About a minute and half in there was a very noticeable solo by the violins which was a bit softer in terms of the texture. The melody seemed to be very upbeat and cheerful. Lasting the form of the movement was very well structured and the instruments backed each other up smoothly.

The first work of art, illustrated by Kehinde Wiley, appears to give a realistic feel to the audience. As the painting of the man, the horse, and the sword appears as neither abstract, nor nonobjective. I can see that the painting is oil on canvas. In the background of his painting, it is dark red at the top, and pink towards the middle of the background, with a shade of white just above the neutral scheme of different brown shades representing the muddy ground. The white in the background probably represents the horizon. If you zoom in very, very closely, you can see what looks like a military cannon towards the right side of the painting, emphasizing the environment of a battle soldier. The horse is painted neutrally as well, white,

The theme of the pieces reflected the type of music. The music by John Levis in the first piece, "Inner Sun," was tribal-like in my opinion. I thought the dancers were in the same tribe. When they danced individually, it reminded of me of how each person plays their own role in contributing to society. The dancers even demonstrated the arguments everyday people have by yelling and pushing each other. However, they forgave each other and came back together to dance as one in the end.

The west wing of the J. Paul Getty Museum holds several wonderful 18th and 19th century paintings. Two such paintings are “The Farewell of Telemachus and Eucharis” by Jacques Louis David, 1818; and “Belisarius” by Francois Gerard, 1797. Both of these paintings are extremely refined oil paintings, and both are representational figurative paintings, each with two figures. In these two paintings David and Gerard were able to portray distinct moods through the use of color, shape, composition and technique. Both painting are representational idealized neo-classical paintings and so compositionally and technically they

Some of my musical considerations when creating this composition was finding something with a steady beat, to represent walking. The bass drum in quarter notes represent my footsteps. The hip-hop snare licks represent walking with style, accented by a gentle stroll my children affectionally call “swag”. This selection begins calm, followed by chaos. This chaos

The piece starts of with a light sound and homophonic texture. The bass, piano, saxophone, and trumpet are on the melody with the drums countering underneath. Soon, the saxophone comes in with a solo over the rest of the instruments. This solo is flowy and lingering. The melody seems to be conjunct. I envisioned a person ice skating, gliding around on the ice without tripping or stumbling. As the saxophone settles out, there is a decrescendo. There is a combination between a homophonic texture of saxophone and trumpet over bass, drums, and piano and polyphonic textures of the bass, piano, and drums playing various different melodies. This created a great deal of tension with made for a not so tonal rhythm. In this part, the ice skater is doing a lot of starting and stopping, stumbling. The piece ended with a short, but complete cadence that resolved the

On the KCSM radio I heard Billie Holiday song It Had to Be You. The tune seems to be very soothing with a saxophone playing in the background. I find the music not that bad at all I am a music person I never thought Jazz was my thing, but it is okay since my mom always play this at her restaurant when I was a kid. I am use to the soothing tune of Jazz.

The two works of art that I have chosen to analyze are 1) Jordan Casteel. Miles and JoJo. 2014. Oil on canvas, 54” x 72” and 2) Aaron Fowler. He Was. 2015. Mixed media, 134” x 165” x 108”. The themes that these works of art represent in regards to the exhibit are love, family, and pain. However, they also fall into other thematic categories. The main theme that seems to apply to both “Miles and JoJo” and “He Was” is Human Experience. Additionally, these arts differ in some ways.

Francesco used a style that I really enjoy, it is called pittura di tocco and it is a style known for its small dotting in the art work and it's small but clean brush strokes. It's a style that not many artist can lock down it is very very advanced. He started in venice italy when he was passed down a shop from his father who was deceased and he worked alongside his brother to make and sell hand made paintings. His paintings are beautiful painting like the venetian capriccio which is a landscape painting of the molo towards santa Maria. He was born october 1712 and when his father passed away in the year 1716 and that's when he had the shop passed down to him, he was only 4 when the shop was handed down to him and his brother. He worked with

Shepard Fairey’s piece titled Pay Up or Shut Up is a representation of the role that money or your role in society dictate the power of your speech. This piece of art by Fairey was released in May of 2015. It is a screen print on cream speckletone paper.

) While studying under Jacob Kahn, Asher engages with Western Christian culture via art; this interaction alienates Asher from his family while enabling him to explore art and find his purpose. Jacob Kahn is a former Hasidic Jew who studies with the Ladover Rebbe yet maintains a largely secular lifestyle. His perspective of being a former Hasid leads Kahn to understand Asher’s tie to Judaism and not dissuade him from remaining a Jew. However, while instructing Asher, Kahn exposes him to nudes and crucifixions, both forms of art that the Ladover Hasidic community judges to be improper and from the Other Side. Kahn articulates his firm desire for Asher to be able to present an artistic rendering of the human form, stating,

The playing of this piece was superb as the melody of the song was beautiful as its starts with a majestic and calm intro at a mezzoforte volume and at a slow tempo. As it builds up suspense, it picks ups the tempo, having a rubato rhythm with crescendos. It had a groovy rhythm that was played in a monophonic texture, and the melody became thicker and more developed throughout the song. The fast tempo of the song really gave out a lot of energy, which made it interesting, keeping me awake and then settled with ritardando rhythms. As well, there were a lot of accented parts and staccatos, giving a strong clear tone, but some parts, the melody was a bit overpowering with the accompaniment, making the harmony also lack balance in some places. Overall, it was a satisfying and energetic piece.

b) Reminded of Early Childhood Centers where we encourage children to paint to the music...and having resulting conversations about their representations. Especially in this first piece! The animation did little to interpret the piece thematically. It was a visual interpretation of the structure of the music- gestural renderings of dynamics and tempo- With children, fast when the music goes fast, moving up and down…